Taliban claims responsibility in Black Hawk crash, believed to have killed four U.S. soldiers

The Taliban claimed responsibility for shooting down a Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan on Thursday night.

Four U.S. soldiers are believed to be have been killed in the crash, which happened in the south-west of the country.

Officials had initially suggested that unspecified weather difficulties were the cause of the accident.

But on Friday CNN received a statement from a Taliban spokesman. It said: 'Yesterday (Thursday) evening Taliban fighters shot down a helicopter and killed all its passengers in Khanashen Dewalak area near Garmsir, southern Helmand province,'

In a brief official announcement, the American military command in Kabul said there were 'no confirmed reports' of casualties 'at this time'. Read More